作者
Kheng-Seang Lim, Si-Lei Fong, Minh-An Thuy Le, Sherrini Ahmad Bazir, Vairavan Narayanan, Noraini Ismail, Shweh-Fern Loo, Kohila Krishnan, Chong-Tin Tan
发表日期
2020/5/1
期刊
Epilepsy Research
卷号
162
页码范围
106298
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Introduction
Video-EEG monitoring is one of the key investigations in epilepsy pre-surgical evaluation but limited by cost. This study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of a 48-hour (3-day) video EEG monitoring, with rapid pre-monitoring antiepileptic drugs withdrawal.
Material and methods
This is a retrospective study of epilepsy cases with VEM performed in University Malaya Medical Center (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur, from January 2012 till August 2016.
Results
A total of 137 cases were included. The mean age was 34.5 years old (range 15–62) and 76 (55.8 %) were male. On the first 24 -h of recording (D1), 81 cases (59.1 %) had seizure occurrence, and 109 (79.6 %) by day 2 (D2). One-hundred and nine VEMs (79.6 %) were diagnostic, in guiding surgical decision or further investigations. Of these, 21 had less than 2 seizures recorded in the first 48 h but were considered as diagnostic because of concordant …
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